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FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2017, file photo, Arizona State Treasurer Jeff DeWit speaks with the media after being nominated by President Donald Trump to be chief financial officer at NASA. The U.S. Senate has confirmed DeWit as chief financial officer for NASA, setting the stage for his resignation. (AP Photo/Bob Christie, File)

Arizona state treasurer confirmed for NASA post

By BOB CHRISTIE - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photograph, State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, announces his candidacy to the U.S. Senate, in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in 2014. McDaniel announced Wednesday, March 14, 2018, that he will drop his primary challenge to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and will instead seek Cochran's seat since he retiring. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Lawmaker who nearly beat Cochran to run for his seat again

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

In this Feb. 28, 2018 photograph, State Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-Ellisville, announces his candidacy to the U.S. Senate, in Ellisville, Miss. McDaniel, who tried unsuccessfully to unseat U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., in 2014. McDaniel announced Wednesday, March 14, 2018, that he will drop his primary challenge to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and will instead seek Cochran's seat since he retiring. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

With 2 US Senate races, Mississippi lawmaker switches pick

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE- In this Oct. 2, 2014 file photo, former Tennessee governor Phil Bredesen speaks during a meeting, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Bredesen's campaign for U.S. Senate has told the FBI that it fears it has been hacked by someone who tried to trick it into wiring money. In a letter dated Thursday, March 8, 2018, and obtained by The Associated Press, campaign lawyer Robert E. Cooper Jr. says someone pretending to be the campaign's media buyer asked for money to be wired to an international account. (Doug Strickland /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File)

Ex-Tennessee governor’s Senate campaign fears it was hacked

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2018, file photo Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., returns to the Capitol for a vote in Washington. Cochran tells The Associated Press he will resign April 1 because of health problems. The 80-year-old has had Cochran stayed home for a month last fall with urinary tract infections, returning to Washington in October to give Republicans the majority they needed to pass a budget plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Mississippi gov won’t appoint self to Senate

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Days before deadline, McDaniel unsure about US Senate race

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Alexander says he’s ‘staying out of’ Corker re-elect choice

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

This March 15, 2013, file photo shows Mitt Romney, a former Massachusetts governor and the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. (Associated Press)

Mitt Romney’s chances of winning U.S. Senate seat slim, says historical analysis

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2018,, file photo, former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney waves after speaking about the tech sector during an industry conference, in Salt Lake City. Romney plans to announce Utah Senate campaign Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Three people with direct knowledge of the plan say Romney will formally launch his campaign in a video. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Romney’s Senate bid to mark latest campaign over 2 decades

By MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

The Latest: Anti-abortion group backs Nicholson, Vukmir

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Former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W.Va., Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Blankenship will face two other Republican candidates in the May 8th primary. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: Ex-coal baron Senate bid: ‘Slap’ for miner’s dad

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Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Jeff Flake. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Joe Arpaio to run for Senate in Arizona

By Sally Persons and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of metro Phoenix, during a news conference in Marshalltown, Iowa. Former Phoenix lawman and Trump ally Arpaio says he will run for the Arizona U.S. Senate seat held by Jeff Flake. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The Latest: Field in Arizona Senate race growing

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The rift between President Trump and Steve Bannon extended into the Republican Party, with most of the base choosing the president's side. Mr. Bannon tried to distance himself from some of the fiery reports, but he did not deny making the statements. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Steve Bannon battle for Republican base

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, then-Democratic senatorial candidate Doug Jones speaks at a news conference in Dolomite, Ala. Jones, the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter century, is one of two new members who will take the oath of office on the Senate floor at noon on Jan. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Doug Jones and Tina Smith, 2 Democrats, to be sworn in as senators, narrow GOP majority

By Kevin Freking and Kimberly Chandler - Associated Press

In this Dec. 4, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump shakes Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, hand at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Hatch says he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the U.S. Senate. Mr. Hatch, 83, says he’s always been a fighter, “but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

EDITORIAL: Orrin Hatch retires, guessing begins

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Smith exits Mayo partnership board as she heads to Senate

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 file photo, Democrat Doug Jones speaks in Birmingham, Ala. Roy Moore is going to court to try to stop Alabama from certifying Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. Moore filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2017, in Montgomery Circuit Court. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

The Latest: Moore again calls Alabama election ‘fraudulent’

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In this Dec. 11, 2017, file photo, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a campaign rally in Midland City, Ala. Moore is going to court to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. Moore filed a lawsuit Wednesday evening, Dec. 27, 2017, in Montgomery Circuit Court. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result

By Kim Chandler - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 7, 2017, file photo, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton listens to a question from the media Friday, April 7, 2017, in St. Paul, Minn. Dayton was set to appoint a replacement Wednesday, Dec. 13, for Sen. Al Franken amid pressure to choose someone who could keep the seat in Democratic hands in a special election next November. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

The Latest: Franken praises Smith; still no date to leave

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